Morris the Movie Star: The Legendary Alligator from Horror Movie ‘Alligator’ Has Passed Away

The most famous movie alligator of all time has left us this week, with CBS News reporting that Morris, the 80+ year old star of 1980 horror film Alligator, has passed away.

Morris passed away at his longtime home, the Colorado Gator Farm. His exact age wasn’t known, but the farm estimates that he was somewhere between 80 and 100 years old.

Morris came to Hollywood in 1975 and appeared in many movies and shows through to 2006, when he retired from showbusiness and settled down at the Colorado Gator Farm.

In addition to playing the killer alligator in both Alligator and 1991 sequel Alligator II: The Mutation, Morris also memorably appeared in Happy Gilmore, with his impressive resume also including Interview with the Vampire, Blues Brothers 2000, Eraser and Dr. Doolittle 2.

“He started acting strange a week ago. He wasn’t looking at us and wasn’t taking food,” the Gator Farm’s Jay Young said in a video posted to Facebook. “I know it’s strange to people … that we get so attached to an alligator. To all our animals; we love our cats and dogs, too. It’s the worst part of what we do, losing animals. He had a happy time here, and he died of old age.”

Young notes in a second Facebook video, “We have decided to get Morris taxidermied so that he can continue to scare children for years to come. It’s what he would have wanted.”

You can follow the Colorado Gator Farm on Facebook for updates.



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